Turkish

<p>
	In this lesson you will learn how to use verbs in the <strong>aorist tense</strong>.
	Since the aorist is a complicated tense in Turkish, it is divided into three lessons.
</p>

<p>
	The aorist is a tense that is not very common in other languages.
	It roughly translates to the English present simple tense, but not always.
	Be ready to see aorist used for the translation of the English present tense, the English future tense and sometimes even the English past tense.
	You will first see how the aorist is conjugated, and then we'll show you some of the functions it performs.
</p>
     
<p>
	The aorist is formed by taking the stem of a verb, appending an <strong>r</strong>, and then appending a personal ending.
	If the stem ends in a consonant, a vowel is first added as a buffer letter.
	This vowel obeys vowel harmony, but depends on the length of the stem.
	If the stem is <strong>monosyllabic</strong>, consisting of a single syllable, we add the buffer vowel <strong>E</strong>.
	If the stem is <strong>polysyllabic</strong>, consisting of multiple syllables, we add the buffer vowel <strong>İ</strong>.
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<table class="ui celled definition table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Regular<br/>Positive<br/>Aorist</th>
            <th>Singular with<br/>Monosyllabic<br/>Stem</th>
			<th>Singular with<br/>Polysyllabic<br/>Stem</th>
            <th>Plural with<br/>Monosyllabic<br/>Stem</th>
			<th>Plural with<br/>Polysyllabic<br/>Stem</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>First person</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)rİm</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)rİm</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)rİz</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)rİz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Second person</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)rsİn</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)rsİn</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)rsİnİz</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)rsİnİz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Third person</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)r</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)r</td>
            <td>-(<strong>E</strong>)rlEr</td>
			<td>-(<strong>İ</strong>)rlEr</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<p>
	The aorist is used in many situations.
	Below we list its most common functions, together with examples to make them clear.
	Note the differences in the suffix between verbs with monosyllabic stems and verbs with polysyllabic stems.
</p>

<table class="ui celled definition table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Functions</th>
            <th>Turkish</th>
			<th>English</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Habitual activity</td>
			<td>Sinemaya genellikle sabah giderim.</td>
			<td>I usually go to the cinema in the morning.</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Idioms and proverbs</td>
			<td>Dost acı söyler.</td>
			<td>A true friend talks bitter.</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Uncertain future plans</td>
			<td>Belki yarın derse gideriz.</td>
			<td>Maybe we will go to the lesson tomorrow.</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Willingness to do something</td>
			<td>Ben onu yaparım.</td>
			<td>I'll do it.</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Politeness</td>
			<td>Teşekkür ederiz.</td>
			<td>We thank you.</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Polite requests</td>
			<td>Kapıyı açar mısın?</td>
			<td>Could you open the door?</td>
        </tr>
		<tr>
            <td>Commands</td>
			<td>Okula gidersin.</td>
			<td>You will go to school.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

The positive regular aorist

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	Bira içerler mi?
Meaning	Do they drink beer?
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	The positive regular aorist

Bira içerler mi?

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